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Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... fabric of our nation." When Cbus was created 38 years ago, McDonald was in the leadership of the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU). He had joined the BWIU at the start of his apprenticeship on the Sydney docks in 1944 and climbed to the top of ...

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... up on this issue in the Senate estimates, taking aim at First Super which he said "paid $8.1 million in three years to a union." In a move which pleased Bragg, APRA executive director of superannuation Suzanne Smith said that the regulator has really ...

CareSuper appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... appointed in his place. Girard is industrial coordinator at the Australian, Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union Queensland (Services and Northern Administrative) branch and previously sat on the board of Energy Super prior to its merger ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... "There is more to do, but we're encouraged by the current conversations and willingness to engage." While the Finance Sector Union welcomed the move by Westpac, it said it has been fighting for the removal of the clauses for several years and claimed ...

Women in Super names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... she was the risk and compliance manager for the federation. Kowalczyk has also worked at the National Tertiary Education Union as a senior state organiser and branch organiser for more than seven years and 10 years respectively. "It is a privilege to ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Two of the world's largest pension funds could be forced to divest all fossil fuel companies and be banned from making any further investments under a new bill. The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill to advance California Climate Goals was introduced into ...

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... chair. She has been a director since March 2018 and was nominated as a member representative by the Australian Services Union - Victorian and Tasmanian Authorities & Services Branch (the ASU).

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... Tinto revealed in a recent report. The Western Mine Workers' Alliance (WMWA), an agreement between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Mining and Energy Union (MEU), said Rio Tinto has an "appalling workplace culture and profit-at-all-costs approach" ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... brought into alignment with other globally accepted structures, such as UCITs (investment funds regulated by the European Union), and Australian funds can compete more effectively, internationally," he said.

AMIST criticised for SPC investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... action against them over wage theft," the victims group said. "Members of AMIST and the [Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union] would be justifiably concerned that AMIST Super are co-owners of SPC with the disreputable Peregrine Corporation." Financial ...